Whip out your yellow legal pads. The NBA regular season is upon us, and it's time to jot down statements from some of the league's best. These comments exist only in theory, sure, but it's nice to scribble away every now and then...

Smart moves are becoming a staple of the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers . Free-agent-to-be Anderson Varejao and the team are engaged in contract extensions talks, according to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski ...

Trey Burke isn't a point guard who incites national zeal, or talk of the Utah Jazz 's long-awaited resurgence, or far-flung debates that aim to understand where he ranks among the NBA 's bottomless stable of floor generals...

Cautious optimism does little to lower the Cleveland Cavaliers ' immediate ceiling. Most of the obstacles standing between them and an NBA title aren't, despite LeBron James' pleas to the contrary, real problems...

Ed Davis ' time with the Los Angeles Lakers shouldn't be anything like his stint with the Memphis Grizzlies or even the Toronto Raptors . They actually need him. Inconsistent playing time has dogged Davis his entire career...

Andrea Bargnani has turned eight years of untapped potential and Teflon-thick expectations into an NBA career flush with constant reminders that, despite an infinite supply of mulligans, his star won't ever reach its projected ceiling...

Plenty has been made of the Los Angeles Lakers ' 2014-15 campaign. From Kobe Bryant 's return and Julius Randle's arrival to Steve Nash's swan song and Jeremy Lin's latest career-defining crusade, there are pressing angles galore in Hollywood...

Not even the most basic basketball minds should have needed to see the New York Knicks ' first preseason game to know that the team's rise from clown to contender would include a lot of self-exacting pain...

Life is drastically different for the Miami Heat , the defunct dynasty-seeker now headlined by Chris Bosh that—despite deft survival methods—faces an uphill climb out of the shadowy pit LeBron James ' exit consigned them to...